IMCD to present sustainability survey insights at K 2025
At K 2025, IMCD Advanced Materials will share findings from its Sustainability in Industry survey and provide segment-focused Future Briefs, with on-stand discussions at booth D28 in Hall 6.
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Krill Design reaches Formes de Luxe Awards final with ReKrill
Krill Design has been named a finalist in the Formes de Luxe Awards 2025 in the Novel Materials category for ReKrill, a biopolymer derived from agri-food by-products. The company will present a cosmetic jar and cap made from ReKrill Orange during Luxe Pack Monaco.
Amut to present recycling and cast line advances at K 2025
At K 2025, Amut will showcase developments in extrusion, recycling and cast film, including an integrated rPO polyolefin pelletizing line, a tray-to-tray route for post-consumer PET, the New Magnum cast concept and new digital tools for operations and maintenance.
Syensqo develops chemical recycling for sulfone polymers
Syensqo has introduced a proprietary chemical recycling process that depolymerizes polyarylethersulfone from post-industrial and post-consumer streams into purified monomers for reuse. The company says the monomers can be reintegrated into PSU, PPSU and PESU, supporting circularity.
Evonik to present polymer and circularity advances at K 2025
Evonik will showcase polymer innovations and circularity initiatives at K 2025 in Düsseldorf, including mass-balanced PA12 materials, recycling additives and solutions for additive manufacturing. The program features booth demonstrations and panel discussions on lifecycle assessments and packaging policy.
Tomra publishes eBook on AI's role in recycling
Tomra Recycling has released a free eBook that explains how deep learning is being applied in optical sorting, outlining practical use cases, regulatory drivers and a pathway toward more transparent, autonomous recycling plants.
GreenDot to present Systalen recycling at K 2025
GreenDot Group will exhibit at K 2025 in Düsseldorf, marking the 35th anniversary of Der Grüne Punkt and highlighting Systalen recyclates in PP and LDPE derived from household packaging waste.
Series of lectures: From charcoal burner to “floating professor”
At K 2025, Arburg will host a multi-day lecture program in the arburgGREENworld pavilion, complemented by contributions to the VDMA Power of Plastics Forum and the Women in Plastics event.
Oliwa project to repurpose olive waste into packaging and biogas
A 25-partner consortium led by the University of Torino has launched Oliwa to repurpose olive by-products into co-products for animal feeds, functional ingredients, packaging and biogas. Aimplas will assess extrusion processability and validate rigid packaging and lidding film prototypes based on olive waste.
Ineos Styrolution: first commercial delivery of recycled styrene monomer from Indaver
Ineos Styrolution has received the first truckloads of recycled styrene monomer at its Antwerp site, supplied by Indaver from its newly inaugurated depolymerisation plant. The commercial-scale delivery, a first in Europe, will feed high-quality polystyrene and other styrenics, including food-grade uses.
Coveris wins Green Packaging Star Award 2025
Coveris received the Green Packaging Star Award 2025 in the Environmentally Friendly Production Process category for its SleeveFlexR Stretch solution, presented at the Fachpack trade fair in Nuremberg. The PE-based sleeves are recyclable through existing collection streams.
CEPM 2025 in Budapest: report from the seventh edition
On 16–18 September in Budapest, the seventh Central European Plastics Meeting 2025 took place, combining a trade fair, conference and B2B meetings. The event gathered 450 participants, nearly 1,500 B2B talks were held, and the program covered, among others, recycling and the circular economy.
